1,005 Quotes Regarding Peace


My actions to promote peace, the mediation missions which I carried out during many conflicts, which very often occurred between brothers of the same country, are not driven by any ulterior motives or any calculations based on personal ambitions.
Omar Bongo

I'm not aiming for the Nobel Peace Prize!
Omar Bongo

But since independence, Gabon is one of the few countries in Central Africa that enjoys peace and stability.
Omar Bongo

But take comfort in that I die at peace with the world and myself - not afraid.
Robert Falcon Scott

Political satire became obsolete when they awarded Henry Kissinger the Nobel Peace Prize.
Tom Lehrer

It is a grave matter to enter a war, without adequate military preparation it may prove fatal to come into peace, without moral and religious preparation.
Louis Finkelstein

Ignorance is a menace to peace.
Paul Harris

The myth of redemptive violence - Caesar, peace, and victory - is in people's bones so deeply, we aren't even aware of it. You crush the opposition that's how we bring peace.
Rob Bell

There are better ways we can transform this virulent hatred - by living our ideals, the Peace Corps, exchange students, teachers, exporting our music, poetry, blue jeans.
Helen Thomas

I have many times asked myself whether there can be more potent advocates of peace upon earth through the years to come than this massed multitude of silent witnesses to the desolation of war.
King George V

But I do like to have peace and quiet for a good hour.
Bryan Ferry

When His Holiness won the Nobel Peace Prize, there was a quantum leap. He is not seen as solely a Tibetan anymore he belongs to the world.
Richard Gere

If some peoples pretend that history or geography gives them the right to subjugate other races, nations, or peoples, there can be no peace.
Ludwig von Mises

Peace and not war is the father of all things.
Ludwig von Mises

Society has arisen out of the works of peace the essence of society is peacemaking.
Ludwig von Mises

The attainment of the economic aims of man presupposes peace.
Ludwig von Mises

To defeat the aggressors is not enough to make peace durable. The main thing is to discard the ideology that generates war.
Ludwig von Mises

Whoever wishes peace among peoples must fight statism.
Ludwig von Mises

The United States contributes to peace in both by serving as a buffer between and among regional powers that, while not preparing for armed conflict, do not fully trust one another.
Michael Mandelbaum

Certainly, protecting oppressed people, stopping ethnic conflict and promoting responsible governance are worthy goals. But none is as important for American security and prosperity as keeping the peace in the Middle East, Europe and East Asia.
Michael Mandelbaum